Comparison of Diesel Engine Vibroacoustic Properties Powered by Bio and Standard Fuel

Radoslaw Wrobel, Gustaw Sierzputowski, Zbigniew Sroka and Radostin Dimitrov
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Radoslaw Wrobel: Division of Automotive Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, W. Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
Gustaw Sierzputowski: Division of Automotive Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, W. Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
Zbigniew Sroka: Division of Automotive Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, W. Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
Radostin Dimitrov: Department of Technical Engineering, Technical University of Varna, Studentska 1, 9010 Varna, Bulgaria

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 5, 1-13

Abstract: Alternative fuels appeared soon after the first internal combustion engines were designed. The history of alternative fuels is basically as long as the history of the automotive industry. Initially, fuels whose physicochemical properties allowed for a change in parameters of the combustion process in order to achieve greater efficiency and reliability were searched for. Nowadays, there are significantly more variables; in addition to the above mentioned parameters, alternative fuels are being sought that will ensure environmental protection during vehicle operation and improve the ergonomics of use. This article outlines the results of the authors’ own comparative tests of vibrations of a vibroacoustic character. Based on a popular engine model, the vibration–acoustic responses of a system powered by two types of fuel, namely, diesel and biodiesel (B10), are compared. The research consists of comparing vibrations in both time and frequency domains. In the case of the time domain, the evaluation was performed with vibrations as a function of engine torque and speed. In the case of frequency analysis, the focus was on changes in the frequency response for the tested fuels. The research shows that the profile of vibroacoustic vibrations changes in the case of biodiesel power supply in relation to standard fuel. The vibration profile changes significantly as a function of speed and only slightly in relation to the engine load. The results presented in this article show different vibroacoustic responses of an engine powered by diesel and biodiesel; the change is minor for lower speeds but significant (other harmonics are dominant) for higher speeds (changes in the dominant harmonic magnitude of up to 10% at a crankshaft speed of 3000 rpm).

Keywords: alternative fuels; vibrations; engine; vibroacoustic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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